Kolkata:Five more people, including three Bangladeshi women, were arrested on Monday in West Bengal to know if they had links with a Bangla-deshi terror group linked to the Oct 2 blast in Burdwan.
“We have arrested three Bangladeshi women and two Indian nationals and examining if they have links with the Burdwan blast,” Superintendent of Police S.M.H. Meerza told IANS.
“Of the three Bangla-deshis, one woman had an Aadhar card with a Maharashtra address as well as voter and PAN cards bearing a West Bengal address,” Meerza said.
The accused were arrested while entering the Burdwan railway station. Meerza said all five were taken to a court where the police sought their custody.
The Oct 2 accidental blast occurred at a house in Khagragarh in Burdwan killing two JMB militants and injuring another.
The National Investi-gation Agency (NIA) and the West Bengal Police have arrested several people, including blast mastermind and JMB commander Sajid. (IANS)
